What is the code of conduct for GAP factory inspection?

GAP factory inspection-factory code of conduct

This specification is applicable to all factories producing GAP products and GAP subsidiaries, branches or agents.

Although GAP is aware that factories in different countries have different legal requirements and cultural backgrounds, this specification stipulates the basic requirements that all factories doing business with GAP must abide by. This specification is also the basis of GAP's continuous evaluation of factory employment conditions and environmental standards.

1, general principles

Factories producing GAP products should comply with all relevant laws and regulations of their countries.

A) The factory must abide by all relevant laws, regulations and laws, including labor law, workers' health and safety law and environmental protection law.

B) The factory shall allow Gap and its representatives or agents to enter its production facilities without restriction with or without prior notice, and GAP and its representatives or agents may view all relevant records.

2. Environment

The factory must abide by all relevant environmental laws and regulations. If the requirements of local laws and regulations are looser than those of GAP, factories are encouraged to meet the requirements of this specification.

A) The factory shall establish an environmental management system or plan.

B) The factory shall establish an effective mechanism to ensure that the local government departments are notified in case of accidental discharge, leakage or any other environmental emergency.

3. Discrimination

Factories should take personal working ability rather than personal characteristics or beliefs as a prerequisite for employment.

A) In the recruitment process, race, skin color, sex, nationality, age, maternity or marital status shall not be used as employment conditions.

B) Wages and benefits should not be different due to race, color, sex, nationality, age, maternity or marital status.

4. Forced labor

Factories shall not use any form of prison labor, indentured labor or forced labor.

A) The factory does not use any form of involuntary labor, including prison labor, bonded labor or government forced labor.

B) If foreign workers are recruited, the factory shall pay the commission to the intermediary, and the workers shall not be left to work in the factory against the wishes of the employees.

5. Child labor

Workers used in the factory must reach the local legal minimum working age or be over 14 years old (whichever is higher). The factory must abide by other relevant laws and regulations. On the premise of meeting the minimum working age of GAP and the legal working age of the host country, GAP encourages factories to provide legal apprenticeship programs to provide workers with opportunities for education.

A) Every worker must be over 14 years old and meet the minimum working age requirements of the country where he works.

B) The factory must meet all legal requirements on child labor, including employment, wages, working hours, overtime and working environment.

C) The factory encourages and allows qualified workers (especially young workers) to participate in evening education, work-study programs and government-funded educational projects.

D) The factory must keep the official documents of each worker to verify their birth age. If the host country does not have official identification documents, the factory should determine the age of the workers in an appropriate and reliable way.

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10, freedom of association

Workers are free to choose to join a trade union. Factories shall not interfere with workers' association, trade union formation or collective bargaining activities through legal and peaceful means. Whether to exercise this right is up to the workers themselves.

1. Workers have the right to freely choose whether to form legal trade unions or join them.

B the factory shall not threaten, fine, restrict or interfere with workers who have joined the trade union through legal means.

1 1, monitoring and execution

As one of the conditions for doing business with GAP, all factories must meet the requirements of this specification. GAP will continue to improve the monitoring system to evaluate and ensure that the factory meets the standards.

If GAP finds that any factory violates the requirements of this specification, GAP may terminate business contact or require the factory to implement a rectification plan. If the factory asks for rectification but fails to implement it, GAP will stop, but it may also ask the factory to stop production.